Similar to cars, sales of electrically-powered motor is not advancing in Europe scooters right. The now want to change the Chinese, who sell to home million E-scooter.
It goes to Token Hu, then the streets of Germany remind, soon, a bit more of China. There Roller roar since years by the big cities – you whir.
More than 20 million scooters with electric drive were sold last year in the people’s Republic – and the trend is rising. Token Hu, with its Roller-to-Start-up Niu to one of more than a dozen vendors fighting for market shares. But, above all, the 33-Year-old the foreign market in the eye. “We want to become a global brand,” says the young entrepreneur.
Nationwide Dealer Networks
The Austrian KSR Group is planning for the Niu-Scooter nationwide dealer networks in Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Belgium. In these five countries, they wanted to sell per year to around 10,000 scooters, announces the company Theiss. The first model of the N1S will not remain alone for a long time, the smaller and lighter single seater M1 are already available in a few weeks, the greater the E-scooter.
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Actually, the two-Wheeler industry is waiting in Europe for five years, the breakthrough of the electric drive, the promises in compact urban spaces adjacent to the Emission-free for more advantages. The range is different than the car in the agile scooters less of a role, in addition to smaller motors and batteries because of the lower weight can be used, which could be similar to that of the electric bicycles will also be charged without larger circumstances at home. And a Parking with a scooter is also much easier than with the car.
So far, no success in Europe
Numerous manufacturers have so far been more or less unsuccessful individual E-models on the market, the big breakthrough failed to materialize. Exact Figures for the smaller Scooter with a capacity of up to four kilowatts not available due to the lack of Authorisation, the European industry Association, ACEM is a electrical proportion of not more than two percent. Unlike the car colleagues from the industry Association Motorrad Deutschland (IVM) has decided not yet aware of the fact, purchase subsidies to demand, and focuses more on a Expansion of the infrastructure. Charging stations in settlements, in inner cities and in rural areas were necessary, as well as concrete advantages for the user such as E-vehicles, shared bus lanes, says IVM-managing Director Reiner Brendicke.
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Also in China, especially state intervention are responsible for ensuring that the E-scooter is so popular. In the fight against Smog and better air quality, the government has banned in many large cities, two-stroke engine. In Beijing can only be bought in the suburbs for a conventional Roller petrol. Token Hu does not want to protect it with its scooters, but only the environment. “It’s a way of life,” he says. Its vehicles, which the founder himself referred to as a “smart E-scooter”, made especially for the young, digital-savvy urbanites.
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Minimalist Aesthetic
Some of the features of the scooter, such as the battery charge and the remaining range can be used via a Smartphone App. That Token Hu is a trained Designer, the minimalist Aesthetics of his Scooter.
Even if Niu builds all scooters in our own factory in China, a lot of German technology is still in them. The Stuttgart-based supplier giant Bosch is in all kinds of scooter like E-bikes are already good in business. “We see in the electric two-wheelers is a growing billion-dollar market. You have set up in many Asian cities already, because they are the better solution for the people,” says company spokeswoman Inga Ehret.
Automotive suppliers, Bosch is well-InBusiness
The motors and the associated control device for the Niu-scooter come out of a Bosch factory in Suzhou in Eastern China. The subsidiary of the Coup, the Swabians also offer together with the manufacturer Gogoro from Taiwan in Berlin, a fast-growing fleet of E-rental-scooters. This year should come to about 1000 E-scooters in the German capital and 600 in Paris.